Police Jury of Parish v. Martin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafayette; William Campbell, Judge. Condemnation proceeding by the Police Jury of the Parish of Lafayette against Adelma Martin and others. Judgment for defendants dismissing the suit, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
[1] Sections 3869 and 3370 of the Revised Statutes prescribe a special mode of proceeding for expropriating rights of way for parish roads.
Article 2630 et seq. of the Civil Code and section 1479 et seq. of the Revised Statutes, as amended by Acts 117 of 18S6, and 96 of 1896, provide the mode of proceeding in other cases of expropriation of private property for public purposes.
Interpreting these statutory provisions, this court, in Fuselier v. Police Jury, 109 La. 551, 33 South. 597, held that the said sections 3369 and 3370 authorized the taking of only a servitude of passage, whereas these…
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